DRENCHING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does drenching mean? 

• DRENCHING (noun)
  The noun DRENCHING has 1 sense:

1. the act of making something completely wet

  Familiarity information: DRENCHING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRENCHING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of making something completely wet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

drenching; soaking; souse; sousing

Context example:

he gave it a good drenching

Hypernyms ("drenching" is a kind of...):

wetting (the act of making something wet)

 Context examples 

Features commonly associated with lymphoma, including fever above 38C, drenching night sweats, and weight loss of more than 10% of body mass in the previous 6 months.

(B-Symptoms, NCI Thesaurus)

There was a scandal about his drenching a dog with petroleum and setting it on fire—her ladyship’s dog, to make the matter worse—and that was only hushed up with difficulty.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Now she remembered the little umbrella, which she had forgotten to take in her hurry to be off, but regret was unavailing, and nothing could be done but borrow one or submit to a drenching.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)